Bissau vs Warsaw - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Bissau	Warsaw
🚶 Cost of living one person	$895	$1978
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$2176	$4463
🏠 One person rent	$397	$1217
🏘️ Family rent	$651	$2001
🍽️ Food expenses	$392	$444
🚐 Transport expenses	$50	$155
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$124	$2042
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	7 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	4	94
😀 Quality of life	18	85
🏙️ Population	492K	1.86M

The cost of living in Bissau is 55% less expensive than in Warsaw. Cities ranked 6252nd and 2069th ($895 vs $1978) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Guinea-Bissau and Poland, respectively. Check Guinea-Bissau vs Poland comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Bissau compared to 1 months in Warsaw. Bissau ranked 1st best city to live in Guinea-Bissau vs Warsaw ranked 1st in Poland, while ranked 9139th and 444th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Bissau vs Warsaw

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	Bissau	Warsaw
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$6.63	$10.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$26.3	$52
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$8.94	$9.78
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.07	$5.27
☕ Cappuccino	$2.13	$4.5
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.05	$2.35
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$437	$1225
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$252	$917
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$703	$2165
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$457	$1517
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$64.8	$218
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$100	$333
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$43.9	$20.7
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	12.75%	7.29%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1518	$6642
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$928	$4244
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.53	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$25.4	$34
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$6.15	$19.4
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.43	$1.76
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.76	$1.27
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.86	$1.37
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.63	$1.69
🥚 Eggs, x12	$4.77	$4.09
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$13.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$16.2	$8.87
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$14.3	$15.4
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.79	$1.43
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.06	$1.81
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.41	$2.11
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.46	$3.79
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.33	$1.07
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.4	$1.16
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.89	$0.46
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.29	$2.96
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$7.72	$10.4
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.28	$1.41
🚬 Cigarette pack	$1.2	$6.3
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.42	$13.9
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.77	$4.29
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.63	$3.77
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.2	$3.71
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$42	$48.7
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.26	$10.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$15.3	$86.4
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.22	$28.1
👖 Brand Jeans	$27.2	$107
👟 Brand Sneakers	$63.7	$97.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$761	$588
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$2302	$15871

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Cities near Bissau

Distance	City	Cost of living
108 km or 67 mi	Bafata	$872
109 km or 68 mi	Ziguinchor	$1031
135 km or 84 mi	Kolda	$1044
194 km or 120 mi	Brikama	$598
204 km or 127 mi	Lamin	$541
207 km or 128 mi	Banjul	$516
254 km or 158 mi	Boffa	$999
259 km or 161 mi	Kaolack	$1088
287 km or 179 mi	Fatick	$1084
333 km or 207 mi	Conakry	$1067
355 km or 221 mi	Thies	$1140
357 km or 222 mi	Forecariah	$999
366 km or 227 mi	Rufisque	$1141
378 km or 235 mi	Dakar	$1221
417 km or 259 mi	Mamou	$1021
423 km or 263 mi	Louga	$1060
456 km or 283 mi	Freetown	$1347
474 km or 295 mi	Saint-Louis	$1062
518 km or 322 mi	Rosso	$630
605 km or 376 mi	Bo	$1283
655 km or 407 mi	Kenema	$1281
693 km or 430 mi	Nouakchott	$662
701 km or 436 mi	Gueckedou	$1010
706 km or 439 mi	Kankan	$1007
811 km or 504 mi	Monrovia	$536
826 km or 513 mi	Kakata	$502
831 km or 516 mi	Bamako	$583
872 km or 542 mi	Nzerekore	$1003
879 km or 546 mi	Koulikoro	$506
885 km or 550 mi	Bougouni	$508
903 km or 561 mi	Banamba	$506
906 km or 563 mi	Sanniquellie	$503
908 km or 564 mi	Yekepa	$503
921 km or 572 mi	Praia	$964
944 km or 586 mi	Assomada	$962
1027 km or 638 mi	Segou	$506
1048 km or 651 mi	Greenville	$502
1052 km or 654 mi	Markala	$508
1083 km or 673 mi	Sikasso	$514
1121 km or 697 mi	Korhogo	$1099

Cities near Warsaw

Distance	City	Cost of living
17 km or 10 mi	Pruszkow	$1561
19 km or 12 mi	Otwock	$1522
68 km or 42 mi	Skierniewice	$1199
79 km or 49 mi	Ciechanow	$1241
85 km or 53 mi	Siedlce	$1009
91 km or 56 mi	Radom	$1008
98 km or 61 mi	Plock	$1166
103 km or 64 mi	Ostroleka	$1113
110 km or 68 mi	Pulawy	$1226
114 km or 71 mi	Kutno	$1177
119 km or 74 mi	Lodz	$1338
127 km or 79 mi	Lomza	$993
130 km or 81 mi	Piotrkow Trybunalski	$966
143 km or 89 mi	Wloclawek	$902
144 km or 89 mi	Biala Podlaska	$1079
145 km or 90 mi	Ostrowiec Swietokrzyski	$1136
149 km or 92 mi	Belchatow	$1089
152 km or 94 mi	Lublin	$1323
152 km or 94 mi	Kielce	$1097
159 km or 99 mi	Swidnik	$1257
175 km or 109 mi	Bialystok	$1148
178 km or 110 mi	Olsztyn	$1182
180 km or 112 mi	Brest	$528
186 km or 115 mi	Torun	$926
187 km or 116 mi	Tarnobrzeg	$1216
198 km or 123 mi	Inowroclaw	$1186
199 km or 123 mi	Elk	$1125
206 km or 128 mi	Czestochowa	$1033
207 km or 129 mi	Chelm	$1185
208 km or 129 mi	Grudziadz	$1127
208 km or 129 mi	Kalisz	$970
217 km or 135 mi	Mielec	$843
228 km or 141 mi	Bydgoszcz	$1103
236 km or 146 mi	Gniezno	$1209
241 km or 150 mi	Malbork	$1210
243 km or 151 mi	Elblag	$1074
243 km or 151 mi	Suwalki	$1113
245 km or 152 mi	Tarnow	$966
246 km or 153 mi	Dabrowa Gornicza	$1077
247 km or 153 mi	Grodno	$349